Packing device, stuffing box, and the like



a feW tenths of o mHmefof fo1 a surfooo 3 hoving 50 mm. dfoInetef.

It Win be obsefved thgt the elenlent having the suffoce 2 oonnot be engoged in the pookfng pieoe I, of inversely, except by on elostic defof nation of the fesilief1t vvoI1 poftion Which thef1 takes the position shoWn in the dot8nddash 11nes, so that the lip edge 4 Wi11 assunle the position 4. obviously, the defofn1altion 44 should not exoeed the e19,stfo 1in1ft of the nletaL It Wi11 be fen18fked th the sufface of the lip edge 4 is i11 elastio contoof v7fth the vvon 2 With a foroe coffesponding to the gfeotneSS of the elostio deformotion 44 dunng the ossem hHng operotion.

The 1ip edge 4 of the pooking pieoe fofms 9. vefftoble cutting edge of f, vvhich soropes upon the Sufface2 duTing the longftudinal movements of this Suffooe felotively to the pooking piece, thus ensuTing ol perfeot tightness betvveen these tWo pofts.

It is fufthef obsefved th t the defofn1ation 44 gfves nSe to ol Spooo betWeen the fosnfent Won poftfon of the pooking pieoe ond the Won 2 (oo), of fofo. ,f1e averoge depth 2 of tf1fs spoce, ond the figidity of the resnient Won portion should be s11fffoient to pTovide fo1 8L vefy eoSy s1ipping of the f1fghest pfesSures employed, 1. e even of tho hfghest pfessures, only the ffee edge of the lfp 4 should be fn confoct With the suffoce ob. v

The spoce hoving the depth z Inoy be fn ofeosed, ff desifed, by ar sHght feoeSS 3, fn the ide posftion, stofting ffon1 the said b8se poft, oS shown in E'ig. 2. 'I he depth a of thls feoess moy be 8 fevv,hundTedths of o n1inimeter, of none.

obvfously, the difnensions .o 1, 2, 2 111 1 'fgS. 1 8nd 2 afo ff1ffoh exaggerated fof the sake of oleofneSs. r

The bose of the pooking pfece nee not be forned in one vvftf1 thfs pfeoe, buf if Iflaly be sepof8fely secufed fo it by scfev7ing of othefvvise, So thot ft nfay be olade of ony othe1 nletol, oI' of on onoy of the like, Whioh is found to be n1ore suftoble,

Aside from the oondftfons of diometer obove nentioned, the Whoe devfoe fnust oon1ply Wfth othef' condftions.

The Tesnient Won pofon should be sufoient1y thfn to pern1ft the elostfc dofofnlotfon 44 obove nlentioned. Its thiokoess, hov7ever, shoI1ld be sucienf to provide for the fesistooce to pTes sufe, While only oloiotofofng the olose oontBot in pfoximity to tho shafp lip edge f upon o smon height ffZ' (a he1ght eSs thon 1 111111. for insto loe, fof a diometef beloW 50 nn1.). on tho other hond, the altitudo of of the vvo1 poftion should be sufffofont fn ordef thot, toking due oooount of fts thickness, the elostfo confoct of the shoTp edge shn be n1ointoined of on pfessufe fn use.

I21e nletols iff oontoct should have suftoble ffiotfon pfopeftfes fn ordef to ovofd gripping, ofnoe the soToping expels the ofL on the othe1' hood, the moorogropo grofn ond the meohonico1 stfength of tho f1etal used fof the paoking shoold peront the fornlatioo of o shorp edge, and fof this fe son, use Win be made of a met Which is suff1oent elostio, perfectly hoInogeneous, and hos o vefy oompoof stfuoture. f1e Wan oomprisfng the surfgce 2 should oonsist of a note ffol hoving al veTy o1ose moofographio groin, Wfnoh onoWS aI perfect polish and is suffioiently hord not to be sofotohed by the shofp edge l of the pookfng.

. 'or o acking iece of greot strength (o 50 kgs. 4 10%), the 13fine11vfokefs hofdness of the sufface loyef of the vva11 2 should exceed 2oo, ond the under layef Should hove a suf noent Stfength to Withst8nd the sffesseS Which apply the edge 4 agoinst the vvan 2. tTse caln be nlode, fof instance, of al vvan oonSistiflg of 11itrided stee1, of ohfonle steel of of oement steeL I f1eSe oonditions being obtaifled, the pfincipa1 odvanfages of the device afe as follovvs= [,f 1e ffiotion is very SHght, espeoiany as compofed vvith that of stuffing-boxes of even of the plostio pockingS in ouffent uso.

Tf1e tightness fof oil is ensured at very fngh pressures, exoeeding L000 kgs. per sq. cn1.

Even oftef o 1ong period of stopping, When the apporatus is again stafted, fhefe fS no danger thot the packing l WH1 bo tofn off, alS is the ooSe With india-fubber pooking.

',f1e insigniffoant v7eaf vvflich fs pfoduoed duf ing o long pefiod Wi11 offer no pre udice to the tight conditions, as the diffefent suooesSive sections of the edge 4 are parone1 vif11ffz and henoe Wilfnot n1odify the angle o of the shorp edge.

Fig. 3 fepfesents a noodincation vvf1ich is pfo vided With ouxiliory lips 44, Whose pfojection v7ith feferenoe to oo is of deofeoSing value, in suoh vvoy thaf an of theif shafp edges Wil1 be in elastic oontaot With this Wa11-ofter the asseo1 blff1g (See the position in the dotond-dash Hnos) g. 4 shoWs a paoking piece hoving tWo sym n1etfio fesilient vva11 poftfo11S ond lips Which ore loooted of1 oppoSite Sides of a centfo1 baSe. T1is pooking piece is double-octing.

descption Wi11 noW be given, by Way of exofflple of oeftain uSes of the packing (oap, oup of piston-ring) according to the invention.

In the efnbodinlent shoWn in ,ig. 5 ol valve 5 is ofged upon its seating 6 by a spfing 7. In ofdef to ensufe peffeot tightness betWeeo the tWo chofobefs 8 ond 9 Which ofe separoted by Said valve, o packing piece Whfch fs sofeWed of othefWise secufed to the seating 6, oonpIises al resilienf onnulor elen1ent reoessed beloW its baSe poft, ond o lip 4 foTnung o outting edge Whioh before the osSeo1bling, hos o dioIneter less thon thot of the oyHndrioo1 paft l2 of the n1ain body of the volve. hus vhen the volve 5 and the p8oking pfeoe l afe put inplooe, i11 the position shoWn in Efg. 5, the sharp lip edge 4 of the pook ing pieoe Wi11 be in olose contaot vvith the body of the volve. This enSufespeffeot tighfnesS of the volvo. The 1fp of the paoking piece is pfefef obly directed tovvafdS the ohoInbef, 2 of s, hov ing the highest pfessufe, in ofdef thot thiS pToS sI1re, by its effect upon the lip and fesilienf Won portfo11 of the packing, Wi11 9ct to fufthef if1 oreose the tightness.

o the eInbodiInent shoWn -in 'ig. 6, it is desffed to make a tight oonneotion betWeen tWo conduifs 3 ond l4 v711ioh ofe connected by a boH- pfece l5. of thiS pufpose, a packing piece vvf1ioh is infegfa vvfth the oonduff 4 of is Sepa fartely Secufed to the sanle is pfovided vvfth a fe Sinent ann11la oortion having an invvorofy in clined lip 4 fofn1ing a cutting edge, Wfooh befofe the asseInbnng; haS a sInaner dialneter than the baJ1 5. A nut lo is soreWed to the port ond holds the different elements together. ff is desfred, for inStance, to nlointoin a vacuum in the conduits 3 and 4, on ofifice IT in the nut G vvi11 a11ovv the outef aif to entef the ch8Zber lo fornled 111 the intefior of the nof, and the otInospheno presSore octiog upon the resi1ent 

